Georgia didn't need a flashy portal QB upgrade — the Bulldogs already had Gunner Stockton at home

The Bulldogs bet big on their own QB room after missing out on Fernando Mendoza in 2025, and Stockton has rewarded that loyalty with stellar play Georgia travels to Tuscaloosa on Saturday for a top-10 showdown with Alabama. It will be a battle between two of the SEC's best, with the winner all but punching their ticket to the College Football Playoff. It will also be a showdown between two teams that opted against taking a spin around the transfer portal this summer in search of a quarterback upgrade and have been rewarded thus far for their patience and loyalty. Alabama's Keelon Russell is the talk of the college football world due to the eye-popping production of the Crimson Tide offense under the lead of their sophomore star.

Russell is the kind of dynamic playmaker who makes it easy to get excited with jaw-dropping athleticism and arm talent, creating highlight-reel plays with regularity for an offense that piles up points. However, it's Georgia's offense, led by senior Gunner Stockton, that ranks first in scoring at 51.4 points per game. Stockton is rarely talked about as one of the top quarterbacks in college football — largely because he doesn't have the physical profile of a future NFL quarterback — but through five games, there are few QBs in the country playing